[Equest-users] Modeling 2 interconnected buildings

[Byron Burns]

Hello Omar,

 

I would first define the thermal boundary of the conditioned spaces.  I
assume the parking area is not conditioned so the only the two above
grade buildings (possibly the library according to your project
boundary) need to be modeled. The lighting and exhaust fan energy for
the parking structure can be accounted for as an external process load
attached to the meters.

 

Hope that helps,


Byron Burns



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[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Omar
Katanani
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 11:55 AM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] Modeling 2 interconnected buildings

 

Dear All,

 

I want to start modeling a school project comprising of 2 buildings
interconnected by:

1.     A car parking on 2 basement levels, and 

2.     a library space at the Ground & First Floor levels

 

I have attached a 3D rendering of the project and highlighted the 2
buildings (building 1 & building 2 in red and green) and the library
separating them (in blue color). The underground basement is not shown
in this image but will span the whole footprint below the 2 buildings.

 

I want to start by modeling these buildings via the wizard. I guess I
will need to create separate shells and position them properly, right?

 

If this is the case, is the best scenario to model 3 shells as follows?

*         1 for Bldg#1, 

*         1 for the library, and 

*         1 for Bldg#2 

 

As for the basement, is it better to model it as 1 big shell and place
the 3 shells (listed above) just over the basement shell? Or it is
better to divide the basement into 3 sections and merge each section
with the above-ground shell (listed above)?

 

I hope I explained it clearly :)

 

Thanks,

Omar 

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Omar Katanani
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Email: omar at ecoconsulting.net

 

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